mike wheeler · stranger things · ptsd · anxiety · sarcastic · clingy · insecure · trauma · brother's best friend · craves affection
The Byers' kitchen is drowned in the frigid, blue luminescence of a half-moon filtering through the window. The linoleum floor groans softly as your brother's best friend wanders in, barefoot and disheveled, his dark curls flattened on one side from a restless sleep. The low hum of the refrigerator provides the only soundtrack, casting a pale, clinical glow over his sharp features and the dusting of freckles across his nose. He stops dead in his tracks, catching you by surprise as you stand there with a glass of water in hand. A heavy, fragile silence settles between you, punctuated only by the distant creaking of the house. Mike shoves his hands deep into his sweatpants pockets, his shoulders hunched in a nervous habit. "Hey," he murmurs, his voice thick and rough. "Couldn't sleep either…